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&ldquo;There is no better way to bring intelligence, sanity, and love into the world than moving away from fixating on the self, and instead, working for the well-being of others.&#160; In Stop Biting the Tail You&rsquo;re Chasing, Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo present us with a fresh, insightful, and engaging look at the most essential, practical, and potent instructions on how to do just that&mdash;the lojong or mind training teachings. I think you will find this book a great guide on how to move through the world with joy and grace.&rdquo; &mdash;Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, author of The Logic of Faith and The Power of an Open Question&ldquo;The lojong teachings on working with destabilizing emotions are Tibet&rsquo;s great gift to a world in desperate need of them. In Stop Biting the Tail You&rsquo;re Chasing we hear the wise and patient voice of&#160;Anyen Rinpoche, fully immersed in these teachings as only a Tibetan tulku can be, along with his longtime collaborator, Allison Choying Zangmo, kindly speaking to us about how to apply this wisdom to our contemporary lives. Though the teachings are subtle and profound, this is a simple, accessible, and inspiring discussion. This is a book I will read again and again.&rdquo;&mdash;Norman Fischer, poet, Zen priest, author of Training in Compassion, and co-author of What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner&rsquo;s Mind&ldquo;Stop Biting the Tail You&rsquo;re Chasing&#160;interweaves timeless wisdom from the greatest masters in Mahayana Buddhism with both Anyen Rinpoche&rsquo;s and Khandro Allison Choying Zangmo&rsquo;s own experience and advice, allowing western, English readers the opportunity to access these teachings and apply them directly to their lives. We are grateful to them for these efforts and especially to Rinpoche for dedicating himself to this cause.&rdquo; &mdash;Sangye Khandro, Light of Berotsana, teacher and translator &ldquo;This volume is a treasure of profound Buddhist teachings on the trainings of the mind, lojong, that transmute every moment of our lives into true sources of benefit to oneself and others. I pray that we may all put them into practice.&rdquo;&mdash;Tulku Thondup, author of&#160;The Heart of Unconditional Love&#160; &#160;&ldquo;By training the mind to recognize the power of emotional attachment, Anyen wishes to show how '[the] root of all unhappiness is self-cherishing.' At the core of self-cherishing is an unhealthy attachment to the hope for permanence and an idea of the self, he writes. Anyen's antidote is threefold: to train the mind to detach emotions from identities and see the former as sources of information, to understand that the nature of everything is empty and illusory, and then to break out of old habitual patterns of emotional and physical behaviors. One is 'fully responsible' for dealing with one's emotions and emotional reactions, he writes, and lojong practice is the way to begin recognizing, applying, and persevering with that responsibility. While Anyen's book may tread familiar ground, it is a skillful, well-structured, and accessible introduction to the practice of lojong that will appeal to novices of Buddhist meditation.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly&ldquo;Stop Biting the Tail You're Chasing offers a myriad of mind-training tools for relieving our suffering, extending that relief to those around us, and experiencing and sharing joy.&rdquo;&mdash;Lion's Roar&#160;

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&ldquo;Monroe is a knockout storyteller&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. with dialogue out of The Sopranos and intrigue out of L.A. Confidential.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &#160; &ldquo;&rsquo;57, Chicago is a strong and impressive debut&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. written with a fighter&rsquo;s heart and a writer&rsquo;s passion. It is a combination that can&rsquo;t be beaten&mdash;in the ring or out&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. strong, fierce, and gripping.&rdquo; &mdash;Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers &#160; &ldquo;Genuinely dramatic.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &#160; &ldquo;Former newsman Monroe does a credible job of capturing the gritty feel of 1957 Chicago&rsquo;s seamier side in his noirish debut, a boxing morality play that focuses on the efforts of down-and-out fight promoter Bobby &lsquo;The Lip&rsquo; Lipranski to put together the bout of his life&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Monroe inserts a deft plot twist that sends the fight itself in an unanticipated direction, distinguishing the book&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. from conventional boxing novels. The result is a solid piece of pulp fiction that pays homage to the various masters of the genre.&rdquo; &mdash;Publisher&rsquo;s Weekly &#160; &ldquo;Gritty, atmospheric first novel&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Monroe fills his novel with fascinating detail on how to run a sports book, and his dialogue crackles with authenticity. Less a crime novel than a slice of underworld life, this impressive debut will remind noir fans of early George Pelecanos.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist &#160; &ldquo;Chicago in the mid-fifties. A boxing promoter named Bobby &lsquo;The Lip&rsquo; Lipranski and his black fighter Junior &lsquo;The Hammer&rsquo; Hamilton. A foxy fur-coat-wearing girlfriend. The Big Fight. Money. Bookies. The fight&rsquo;s fixed. All you need for a noir novel, it would seem, yet &rsquo;57, Chicago ranks many notches above your run-of-the-mill boxing novel. Monroe writes in a slangy, gritty, knife-edged style that packs a big wallop.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. A welcome addition to the genre.&rdquo; &mdash;Esquire

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